Édouard Manet

location is the La Salle University Art Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and its original location was *****. This portrait is oil on canvas, and the “quick, loose brushwork” technique can be accredited to masters such as Diego Velasquez and Edouard Manet (placard.) Just as the painting suggests, the painting’s subject is an artist, many say Carolus-Duran’s wife or mistress, in her studio. It is medium in size, 45.5 inches by 34.25 inches, and one must take a step back in order to view its…

Differing from the late eighteenth century with radical views against women and the feminist movement, the Victorian Period saw women rise in power to become head of the domestic aspects of the family from running the shop they lived over to overseeing the work carried out by servants. Linda Nochlin argues in her essay, Women, Art, and Power, that the assumptions about the role of women in society are reflected in the art produced during that period. As women gained agency and became partners…

the Getty Center in Los Angeles and the Getty Villa in Malibu. The Getty Center is known for their collection of European paintings, drawings, sculptures and illuminated manuscripts. The collection has many famous pieces of art with works from Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, and Vincent van Gogh. The museum is dedicated to the study of the arts and offers many public programs. With multiple outdoor exhibits conservation is a main concern at The Getty. To understand…

The art movement impressionism took place in the late 1860’s. Its characteristics is small, thin visible brushstrokes. The significance of impressionism is the perfect illustration of the effects of light. Impressionism was originated by a group of Paris based artist. As impressionism evolved it was faced with resistance from conventional art community in France. The name of the art style Impressionism came from the title of a Claude Monet painting, “Soleil Levant” (impressionism, Sunrise). The…

At the end of his examination of Thoreau, Barzun discusses his connection the impressionists. Thoreau focuses on the senses and the experience, and his writings discuss the minuteness and ability of nature to change in a fleeting moment. His style of writing is very fluid and leaves room for Thoreau’s contemplation as well as the contemplation of the reader. Among the Sierra Nevada, California is an oil painting, and it is a prime example of a romantic landscape. Bierstadt was a successful…

Pablo Picasso was born October 25 1881, in Malaga, Spain; he died April 8 1973, at the age of 92 in Mougins, France. He was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer who spent most of his adult life in France. He is widely known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. His father was Jose Ruiz Blasco, and his mother was Maria…

Since the creation of photography it has been used for many different aspects. In a more intellectual manner photography has been used to document, record, and to help educate. While on the more innovative side of photography it has been used to express, to enlighten, and to defy logic and reason. Photography can be both intellectual and innovative concurrently. Throughout history the use of photography can be seen for both purposes. Unintentionally or deliberately photography can frequently be…

Compare and Contrast of Romanticism and Realism Romanticism replaced neoclassicism in the 1800-1900 century in France. Romantic artist abandoned traditional warmness and as an alternative reflected on the artist innermost feelings. The romantic artist images are composed of dark, romantic, mystery and thoughtfulness. They appreciated creativeness and exclusiveness above cleverness and talent instead of outdated methods, which concentrated closely on imitating the conventional ways. Furthermore,…

Edgar Degas was born July 19, 1834, and died 1917 in Paris, Frances. He has great attracted to the artistic lines forms and colors in his art, having a historic tension of his artwork that was still much debated in this time. In Italy he modeled some drawings on the linear skills of the mastery such as Leonardo. However, he acknowledged the techniques of the more famous painters and his talent of drawing and painting advances overtime. Degas make unique artwork in Paris art gallery the 19th…

Throughout the ages art has went through many fazes or styles, some styles undergo scrutiny from those styles that followed, others accepted and built onto that style to create art that will always be notable. One aspect that has been under the microscope is the naked human body and how those time periods viewed nudity. Eras like the Upper Paleolithic and Aegean saw the female naked body as a way to bring luck to women during childbearing and fertility. Other cultures like the Ancient Greek and…